LAS VEGAS – Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due Friday to begin serving 90 days in a county jail in Las Vegas for his guilty plea in a domestic violence case involving an attack on his ex-girlfriend while two of their children watched in September 2010.
A judge last month ordered the undefeated 34-year-old prizefighter to [...]
(CBS/AP) Though revered as a legend in the boxing ring, Joe Frazier never had the riches associated with many sports icons – especially later in life.
In fact, despite his declining health, the cash-strapped Frazier was still active on the autograph circuit in the months before he died. In September he went to Las Vegas, where [...]
November 7, 2011 - 11:35 PM
Tags: boxing, cancer, joe frazier
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Smokin Joe Frazier, a bruising boxer who was the first fighter to defeat Muhammad Ali and held the heavyweight crown for five years, has died after a fight with liver cancer. He was 67.
“We The Family of the 1964 Olympic Boxing Heavyweight Gold Medalist, Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame Member [...]
November 6, 2011 - 10:42 AM
Tags: boxing, cancer, joe frazier
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Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is in a fight for his life, battling the final stages of liver cancer, according to published reports.
Leslie Wolff, Frazier’s manager, told CNN that the 67-year-old is in a Philadelphia hospice in the final stages of liver cancer that was discovered “four or five weeks ago.”
Promoter Don King, who matched [...]
Will Smith has acquired a minority stake in the Philadelphia 76ers along with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, it was announced on Tuesday (Oct. 18).
According to CSN Philly, the couple acquired part of the team as it was being sold from Comcast-Spectacor to a group of investors led by multibillionaire Joshua Harris. Harris held a [...]
something about this tweet made me laugh. more after the jump
September 18, 2011 - 12:39 AM
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September 16, 2011 - 10:13 PM
Tags: boxing, floyd mayweather jr
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September 7, 2011 - 8:30 PM
Tags: arturo gatti, boxing, murder
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NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Forensic experts say the evidence shows late boxer Arturo Gatti was murdered and didn’t commit suicide.
They presented a report Wednesday gleaned during a 10-month investigation spearheaded by Gatti’s former manager Pat Lynch.
The experts that were assembled by Gatti’s friends and family, including a world-renowned forensic scientists, pathologists and a retired [...]
September 6, 2011 - 12:48 PM
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Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya admitted to dressing in drag and considering suicide while his life was going down for the count because of self-inflicted, one-two punches of booze and cocaine addiction.
In a remarkable Spanish-language interview with Univision, the “Golden Boy” said he’s been clean for more than three months after hitting rock bottom [...]